Thomas Pino is a CNRS director of research in Orsay, as a specialist in molecular and clusters experimental physics. Part of T. Pino’s research is in the field of laboratory astrophysics with a strong focus on carbon-based molecules and grains, including their radiative properties as well as their lifecycle in our Galaxy. Another part of his research is dedicated to photophysics applied to artificial photosynthesis for solar fuel production. His motivation is always dedicated to scientific interdisciplinary questions, fundamental or with societal impact, that require challenging spectroscopic measurements. For instances he monitored the first Raman spectra of soot particles in the aerosol phase, a mandatory preliminary step toward a Raman-LIDAR. He is at present the head of the Institut des Sciences Moléculaires at Orsay (CNRS ISMO) composed of ∼80 CNRS or University Paris Saclay researchers, ∼ 40 technicians and engineers, ∼ 60 PhDs and post-docs, and ∼ 90 interns. He was deputy director of the French research network on the chemical-physics of molecules and clusters, member of the scientific committee on the French research network on soot, and he was co-leader of a working group of the COST Nanospace programme. He has supervised or co-supervised more than 15 PhD students, all mentored until mostly positions in academic research. He is co-author of more than 100 scientific articles from interdisciplinary research projects.